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Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 5:50:54AM - posted by BD crew

Copp-Dash Inspire Award established

Black Diamond is proud to be a part of the inaugural Copp-Dash Inspire Award , an alpine and adventure climbing grant that has been established in honor of BD athletes Jonny Copp and Micah Dash. Jonny and Micah were two of America’s leading alpine climbers, adventuring to the farthest corners of the world in search of first ascents in the purest of style. It was on just such a mission in May 2009, in western China's Sichuan province, that Jonny and Micah, along with filmmaker Wade Johnson, were killed in an avalanche. With Jonny and Micah’s deaths we lost two of the great alpinists, characters and storytellers the North American climbing world has recently known. Jonny excelled in all types of climbing and was known worldwide for his cutting edge first ascents on the...
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